Car-stake socket with tripping device.



No. 831,696. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

G. G. BACON.

UAR STAKE SOCKET WITH TRIPPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAX 7, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE,

CHARLES c. BAG-0151,01? BALLARD, WAsrim Tron.- CARQSTAKEI SOCKET WITH TRIPPING DEVICE.

Patentedsept. 25, 1906.

,To cbZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES G. BACON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ballard, in the county of Kin in the State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Stake Sockets with Tripping Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to railway-cars employed in'the transportation of logs; and its ho type of flat'cars and which is reliable in its action and conveniently manipulated to release logs for unloading without subjecting the operator to any danger from injuryin being. struck by the same.

The invention consists in the novel .construction and combination of devices, aswill be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings ,illustrating the preferred construction of my invention, Figure 1 is an under side plan view of a railway-car with. 'my' improvements applied thereto. same, and Fig. 3 an enlarged cross-sectional view taken through the car-body.

The reference-numeral 5 designates theplatform of a fiat-car having in its frame-,-

work longitudinal sills 6, as is usual. these sills are r'i idly secured boxes 7 by bolts 6 passing t ough the Win -flanges 7 thereof. The boxes are severa ly formed with side walls 7" and a 'rectan ularlyshaped plate 8, forming the front and a wall, respectively, 8 and 8" and which is tiltably connected to the sides by a bolt 9 passing through apertures in the latter and a tubular socket 9 at the rear of the bottom part. When the plate 8 is in its upright position, as indicated by full lines at the lefthand side of Fig. 3, it forms with the afore said sides a receptacle for the bottom end of the car-stake S, and the plateis thusmaintained in its operative position by means of a seemingstrap 12, which is permanently connected from one end to aneye 13, attached to a side of the box adjacent to its top, and carries atits other end a link 14, havin a hooked end 14. This hook is detachalily engaged within a socket 15 in the under side of a block 15, provided upon the outer sideof the box opposite to the eye, and'has fixedly connected t ereto a ard 16, servin to-prevent the lateral disp acement of the ink and obiect is the provision of improved car-stake ders adapted for use with the ordinary Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the tained stakes.

the upper end of a lever l'Z. The latter is fulcrumed intermediate of its length by bolt or pin 18 to said box, and its upper arm is of such a length as to contact at its-extremity with and keep said link in its locked position, while the opposite lower arm is connected to likewise to form therebehind a housing for drag-bar 19, arranged transversely of the car-body and terminating within a short distance of the outer edge of the sill at the opposite'side' of the car. The drag-bars, one for each box, are supported in guides 20', and

each bar'has at the end farthest removed from'its connection with its lever a shoulder 21, engageable with a hasp 22 ,which is fixed to a staple 23 andis secured in such engaged position by a button 24, adapted to be entered through a slot 22" of the hasp. At"

each side ofthe car and desirably journaled in bearings 25 of the respective boxes are longitudinal shafts 26, which are connected by chains 27 with the adjacentends of the drag-bars, which are operatively connected.

with the plates 8 at the opposite sides of cars, and when the hasps 22 are disengaged from theshoulders 2.1: by giving a partial rotation to the proper shaft the chains are coinci-' dently wrap ed thereabout to effect the un-.

latchin of t e hooks and allow the trippin of the plates 8 by the lateral pressure exerte by 'the load "of logs upon the formerly-sus- It may be said that at the places where the logs are usually dischar ed the rail uponthe dumpin side of the trac is at .a lower level than t e other rail, thus facilitating the tripping action above mentioned, though the device Will work most satisfactorily upon an even track. To turn the shafts, a handle-arm 28 is provided for each and is disposed to, lie against the under side of the adjacent sills or in a bed-socket thereon provided. When the chains are loose about a shaft, the latter are severally held in such inoperative position by ha'sps 29 or the like securing the arm 28 and is connected by staple 30 and locking-buttons inserted through a slot 30.

To release the stakes at either side of the car, the hasps securing the drag-bars and securing the handle of the shaft at the opposite side are first disengaged, -when by Windin the chains through a partial rotation of the shaft the dra -bars are actuated to dis- IIO from the drag-bars an from the arms of the shafts, wln'c are connected with the locking devices of he stake-boxes, whereupon the bars of the two boxes wouldbe drawn by turning the chains thereof about the shaft and imparting a partial turn to the latter. Should it be desired to release but one of the stakes, then the bar con-trollin the looking devices of that box only woul after being disengaged from its hasp, be pulled toward the operator without the intervention of the shaft. p

From the foregoing it is apparent that the stakes are released by mechanism operated from the side of. the car opposite thereto,

that the same-can be released singly or together+that is to say, those on the same side of the car'-and that the apparatus is adapted to be applied. to cars of ordinary construction and without the use of bunks or the likeexpedients utilized with other stake; holders and releases therefor with which I am acquainted. The present invention has few parts, is not liable to get out of order, is comparatively inexpensive to make, is easily installed, and

the controlling portions of the locking devices are located so that they cannot be ac cidentally moved or otherwise afiected by the load of logs held in place by the stakes;

Having described'my'invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A car-stake holder, the combination with a box having a hinged front and bottom ortion of a stra for securin said ortion. P P g P m operative position, a block on the box, a hook oonnectedto the strap and adapted to engage with the block, a lever adapted to maintain the hook in. such engagement, and

a drag-bar connected to the lever for operatingthe same.

2. A car-stake holder, comprising a box having sides and a rectangularly-bent plate forming the front and the bottom, said plate being hinged along the rear end of its bottom 4 part to a bolt connected to'said sides, a strap cdnne'cted to one of said sides, a hook carried by said strap, a lever fulcrumed intermediate its length and adapted to engage said hook and retain the same in engagement with a block provided upon the box, said block, a drag-bar connected to said lever,

and devices for securing the bar in its operative position. I

3. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with the. platform of a railway car and a'stake, of a boxfor -the stake,'sa'id' box having two sides, a plate forming front [and bottom walls hinged to the sides by a bolt passing through both of the latter, a strap connected to one of-the box sides and carrying a hook-link, said link, a block upon thebox for engagement with said hook-link, a lever fulcrumed to the box, a guard form-- ing a housing for the link and the end of the lever, adrag-bar connectedat one end to the lever and provided with a shoulder at the other'end, a hasp for engaging with thesaid v shoulder, and a button for securing the haspin its engaged position with the drag-bar.

4. The combination with a car provided with a platform having sills, stake-holders .1 comprising boxes secured to said sills and severally provided with a hinged front, lock v mg devices for securing said fronts in operative position, connections between the said locking devices of the boxes at one side of the my signature 

